Appearance of the mandibular incisive canal on panoramic radiographs

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 329-333

  Jacobs, Reinhilde ^a   Mraiwa, N ^a   van Steenberghe, D ^a   Sanderink, G ^b   Quirynen, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Incisive nerve; Mandible; Osseointegration; Panoramic radiography; Preoperative planning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULARIZATION; VISIBILITY;

EID: 4444378287     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-004-0242-2     Document Type: Article

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